Andres Barrios Fernandez
Ph.D. in Economics, LSE
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Current predocs and research assistants:
Josefina Muñoz
I hold a Bachellor's and a Master's degree in Economics from the Universidad de Chile, and a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne. My research interests cover multiple topics in the intersection of labor and public economics. Currently I am working in a project through which we aim to understand the role of elite universities in shaping the political elite.
Hugo Salgado
I hold a Bachellor’s degree in Economics from the Universidad de Chile and I am finishing a Master’s in Economics at the same university. I am interested in conducting research in applied microeconomics in topics that are relevant both from a public and scientific perspective. In my Master's thesis, I study the effects sentencing women to prison on their children's educational trajectories. In addition, I am working on a project that aims to estimate the direct and indirect effects of an affirmative action program in Chile.
Josefina Vilaplana
I hold a Bachellor’s and a Master's degree in Economics from the Universidad de Chile. I am interested in conducting research in labor economics and economics of education. I try to work on projects that are relevant both from a public and scientific perspective. In my Master's thesis, I study the effects of parenthood on criminal trajectories. In addition, I am working on a project that aims to estimate the effects of immigrants in native students academic performance.
Past predocs and research assitants:
Carolina Allende
I hold a Bachellor’s and a Master's degree in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes. My research interests cover different topics in applied microeconomics. I am currently a Senior Researcher at J-Pal.
Camilo Jaramillo
I hold a Bachellor’s and a Master's degree in Economics from the Universidad de Chile. I am interested in microeconomics theory and I have worked on topics relevent for mechanism design. I am currently a Predoc at Stanford GSB.
Gustavo Faundez
I hold a Bachellor’s degree in Economics from the Universidad Catolica and a Master’s in Applied Economics from the same university. My research interests cover different topics in the Economics of Education, but I am especially interested in understanding the barriers that disadavantaged students face to attend and succeed in higher education. I am currently studying a Master in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School (MPA in International Development).
Pablo Guarda
I hold a Bachellor’s degree in Economics from the Universidad Catolica and I am an alumni of Enseña Chile. I am interested in improving educational opportunities of kids from disadavantaged backgrounds. I am currently working at Fundación Luksic and this year I will start an Master's in Public Policy at Columbia University.
Alexander Valenzuela
I hold a Bachellor’s degree in Economics from the Universidad Catolica and a Master’s in Economics from the same university. My research interests cover different topics in macroeconmics, but I have also worked in projects in labor economics and economics of education. I will start a PhD in Economics in the Fall. I am already accepted in Michigan University and in UCLA.
Current PhD students:
Marc Riudavets
I am a fifth-year PhD student at the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics. I work on labor and public economics.
In my research, I use administrative data and quasi-experimental variation to study how labor market institutions and regulations affect labor market outcomes.
I will Join the Department of Economics at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in the Fall.
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